TT2 CARDIAC PERFORATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION UNDERGOING ABLATION: WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING PREDICTORS?
Friedman D, Pokorney S, Ghanem A, Marcello S, Kalsekar I, Yadalam S, Akar J, Freeman J, Goldstein L, Khanna R, Piccini J. TT2 CARDIAC PERFORATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION UNDERGOING ABLATION: WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING PREDICTORS? Value In Health 2020, 23: s385-s386. DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.1502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPredictors of Cardiac Perforation With Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Friedman DJ, Pokorney SD, Ghanem A, Marcello S, Kalsekar I, Yadalam S, Akar JG, Freeman JV, Goldstein L, Khanna R, Piccini JP. Predictors of Cardiac Perforation With Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Clinical Electrophysiology 2020, 6: 636-645. PMID: 32553212, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2020.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevious cardiac surgeryCardiac perforationAF ablationIntracardiac echocardiographyCardiac surgeryFemale sexDiagnosis of hemopericardiumPatient risk factorsSubset of patientsAtrial fibrillation ablationContemporary clinical practiceIntraprocedural intracardiac echocardiographyLogistic regression modelsCardiac tamponadeFatal complicationProcedural complicationsRare complicationCatheter ablationFibrillation ablationAtrial fibrillationModifiable factorsRisk factorsProcedural safetyRisk scoreLower risk